Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Bell, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Washington Bell registered to vote in Karnes County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 6 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Washington Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Bell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Karnes County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWashington Bell reported 14 years more in Texas than in Karnes County.
Bells elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 4 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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